跟读练习: What surprises me most 🥀🖤#poetry #quotes #deepthoughts - 通过视频学习英语口语
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What surprises me most about humankind is that we get bored of our childhood, rush to grow up and long to be children again.
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That we lose our health to make money and then lose our money to restore our health.
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That by thinking anxiously about the future we forget the present, such that we live in neither the present nor the future.
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That we live as if we'll never die, and die as though we've never lived.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “What surprises me most 🥀🖤”. This video has 4 sentences and 78 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:29.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 9 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| rush verb | /ɹʌʃ/ | To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. |
| restore verb | /ɹɪˈstoɹ/ | To reestablish, or bring back into existence. |
| bore verb | /boɹ/ | To inspire boredom in somebody. |
| anxiously adverb | /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/ | In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously. |
| humankind noun | /ˌhjuːmənˈkaɪnd/ | The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens. |
| childhood noun | /ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/ | The state of being a child. |
| grow verb | /ˈɡɹəʊ/ | To become larger, to increase in magnitude. |
| neither | /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/ | Not either (used with nor). |
| surprise noun | /sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/ | Something unexpected. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. |
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构,并附上视频中的原话:
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | we've never lived |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: rush /ɹʌʃ/, anxiously /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like rush, restore, bore.
什么是跟读法?
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧,最初开发用于专业口译员的培训,并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大:您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同,跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性,语调,节奏,连读,听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。






















